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VIDEO: Escaped Florida monkey damages police car September 28, 2015
A macaque monkey escapes its owner's home in an Orlando suburb, before pulling the moulding off a police car and rocking back and forth on a street sign.
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VIDEO: 'Liquid water has been found on Mars' September 28, 2015
Scientists think they can now tie dark streaks seen on the surface of Mars to periodic flows of liquid water.
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VIDEO: 'Baby Pope' a hit with Pope Francis September 28, 2015
Pope Francis could be seen chuckling after spotting a baby dressed in a miniature Pope's cassock while parading through Philadelphia.
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VIDEO: Why does UN General Assembly matter? September 28, 2015
As world leaders gather in New York for the 70th meeting of the UN General Assembly, Nick Bryant explains what the summit is - and why it matters.
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VIDEO: Austria's migrant crisis hits transport September 28, 2015
Officials in the Austrian city of Salzburg say the slow processing of migrants in Germany could impact Austria's transportation system.
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VIDEO: Blackphone 2 aims to protect privacy September 28, 2015
The maker of a second-generation Android smartphone that promises to protect its users' privacy explain how it works.
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VIDEO: Catalonia nationalists win elections September 28, 2015
Pro-independence parties in Spain's Catalonia region have won an absolute majority in regional elections, near complete results show.
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VIDEO: Hungary 'may close border with Croatia' September 28, 2015
The BBC's Nick Thorpe reports from Hungary's border with Croatia, as people prepare to enter Hungary in search of asylum despite reports the border may close soon.
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VIDEO: Xi's UN 'gender equality' pledge criticised September 28, 2015
Lu Jun, an NGO director in New York, describes the arrest and jailing of his some of his colleagues who were working in the field of women's rights in China.
– IRAQ’S VIOLENCE INCREASES FOR THE SECOND MONTH
According to Iraq’s official data the number of casulties in Iraq in 02/2008 jumped to 633 from 460 in January – a relative rise of more then 35% to previous month. In 03/2008 the death toll raised up to 1,082 Iraqis, including 925 non-combatant civilians.
Giving the fact that March is two days longer then February the numbers reflect a 50% raise of violence in Iraq.
The increasing numbers are partially due to the Basra clashes which caused an overall of about 350 casulties.
Indeed General David Petraeus successful security plan from 02/2007, which succeeded in reducing the violence in Iraq at about 70% and removing Iraq issue from the TV screens in USA in a year of election, shows clear signs of draining. In the last two month there is a new scaling of violence, still far from the level of summer 2007, and the Iraqi anti American insurgency, including Shiite factions, adopted themselves to the new situation. (See – Green Zone 03.24.08 )
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